Politics | George W. Bush Laid-Back Bush Enrages Neocon Base Sportsfan prez made even the French look sharp, Journal snipes By Jim O'Neill Posted Aug 18, 2008 9:26 AM CDT Copied President Bush watches U.S. beach volleyball players Misty May Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post. The latest blast from a once-unexpected source came from the Wall Street Journal. "Compared to this August US lethargy, the French look like Winston Churchill," wrote the Journal's famously conservative editorial board, sparking a PR blitz from the West Wing. Ex-UN ambassador John Bolton, meanwhile, criticized Bush’s trip to the Beijing Olympics, saying: “Sometimes a president has to make sacrifices." Read These Next A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. At least 13 people are dead in Texas flooding. Report an error